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he says he wants to run in the general election and is not fazed by the dix from the taliban. from the taliban. having wrapped up his first official visit to russia, he met dimitri medvedev and signed a number of deals. ishave a look at why africa the next destination. >> it is no coincidence that the new chinese president has included africa on his first official trip abroad. is a relationship worth billions. the chinese economy has become the second-largest in the world. chinese companies employing thousands of workers to secure their resources. last year the african exports to china were worth $166 billion. china the biggest trading partner. but the chinese interests are not just economic. beijing spent $200 million building new offices in ethiopia. china's state television is set up in kenya. indication seems to be that china wants the deeper political relationship or influence over this research rich continent. front one of the major challenges facing the new leadership will be ensuring clean water. half of chinese cities are without clean drinking water. >> water polluti
he says he wants to run in the general election and is not fazed by the dix from the taliban. from the taliban. having wrapped up his first official visit to russia, he met dimitri medvedev and signed a number of deals. ishave a look at why africa the next destination. >> it is no coincidence that the new chinese president has included africa on his first official trip abroad. is a relationship worth billions. the chinese economy has become the second-largest in the world. chinese...
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's opposition has elected a new interim prime minister who it hopes will unify the area. ghassan hitto's first task will be to form a cabinet. who is he? used is 50 years old and to be an it manager. he is american educated and has u.s. citizenship. he moved to turkey to coordinate opposition aid. >> syria's new prime minister, as far as the opposition in exile as well as their international supporters are concerned. ghassan hitto's first priority, forming a cabinet. based inside syria, the interim government will need to establish legitimacy with people living in the 60% of the country estimated to be under assad forces.ti- >> tomorrow there will be a speech, and you will hear in introduction of the highlights .f the plan for the near future >> from the general who represents the majority of the armed groups fighting the assad regime, there is a promise of loyalty. >> we in the syrian army look to the government as a political umbrella for us, and we can ask the government to support us with everything what we need in our fight against the regime in damascus. >> but they
's opposition has elected a new interim prime minister who it hopes will unify the area. ghassan hitto's first task will be to form a cabinet. who is he? used is 50 years old and to be an it manager. he is american educated and has u.s. citizenship. he moved to turkey to coordinate opposition aid. >> syria's new prime minister, as far as the opposition in exile as well as their international supporters are concerned. ghassan hitto's first priority, forming a cabinet. based inside syria,...
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has conducted an auto autopsy to try to figure out what happened in the last election. all they have done is successfully identified that they need more hispanics and otherwise kickoff the conservatives within the party. chris: how much did that cost to figure that out? >> you're going to give me grief about this. at the white house they are talking about barack obama taking a big trip to africa, this year or next year. there is a lot of debate about which country he picks. chris: i would love to go. >> the white house won't talk about it officially. the president has commissioned a speech on the targeted killing policies which is a source of controversy. personally, it won't change that much. it's an effort to have more transparency. chris: that's a tricky one on the left and right joining together. the big question of the week, when the supreme court takes up gay marriage this had comingwee opinion? be right back. chris: welcome back, the u.s. supreme court takes up gay marriage this week. the big question for us, with polls showing big jumps in public approval for ga
has conducted an auto autopsy to try to figure out what happened in the last election. all they have done is successfully identified that they need more hispanics and otherwise kickoff the conservatives within the party. chris: how much did that cost to figure that out? >> you're going to give me grief about this. at the white house they are talking about barack obama taking a big trip to africa, this year or next year. there is a lot of debate about which country he picks. chris: i would...
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if you're not willing to use your political capital why are you being elected to office. cenk: i want to blow your mind a little more. harry reid said today that they might not have 60 votes for federal gun registry. do you know how many -- i'm sorry, just a background check. that would be 92% 92% of americans support it, but they might not have enough support in the senate. we don't have a democracy, we don't have a democracy. our votes don't matter. in the end the only thing that matters is the paychecks they get from special interests. great reporting. thank you for joining us. as you can tell, i'm worked up about this. now, when we come back, more things i'm worked up about. where am i moving to next? i'll tell you iraq, you want to talk about worked up, republicans, we don't have any money, we don't have any money. we might have had if you hasn't blown $2 trillion in iraq, you losers. "young turks." >> at least a dozen blacks highly coordinated. coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle r
if you're not willing to use your political capital why are you being elected to office. cenk: i want to blow your mind a little more. harry reid said today that they might not have 60 votes for federal gun registry. do you know how many -- i'm sorry, just a background check. that would be 92% 92% of americans support it, but they might not have enough support in the senate. we don't have a democracy, we don't have a democracy. our votes don't matter. in the end the only thing that matters is...
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he was elected president in 2009 after serving as a senior official for many years. he was flown to the hospital in singapore with respiratory problems. bangladeshi lawmakers will elect his successor. >> march 11th was the tenth anniversary of the iraq war. terrorist attacks have hampered efforts to rebuild the country. still, iraqi leaders think oil production will pave the way for prosperity. they're investigating more in the region to meet growing energy around the world. sho beppu reports. >> reporter: the ground beneath the deserts of southern iraq holds some of the world's largest untapped oil deposits. foreign sanctions left the oil in a state of disrepair. but multinational corporations have returned to start new oil production. this is the oil field in southern iraq. i'm standing here, 14 meters high construction site of oil tank. this is where the extracted crude oil will be put temporarily before being put into the pipeline. this oil field is being developed by a joint venture from asia. a malaysian state-run company owns 60% of the stake. while an investm
he was elected president in 2009 after serving as a senior official for many years. he was flown to the hospital in singapore with respiratory problems. bangladeshi lawmakers will elect his successor. >> march 11th was the tenth anniversary of the iraq war. terrorist attacks have hampered efforts to rebuild the country. still, iraqi leaders think oil production will pave the way for prosperity. they're investigating more in the region to meet growing energy around the world. sho beppu...
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a general election is scheduled for may 11th. >>> art fair tokyo 2013 is under way featuring antiques and contemporary works offered by about 140 galleries both inside and outside japan. the annual event opened on thursday at the tokyo international forum. the fair is the largest of its kind in japan and attracts more than 50,000 visitors. its organizers say this year the weaker yen may attract more art collectors from overseas. >> translator: the yen is weaker and tokyo stock prices are higher. they indicate the country is getting a shot in the arm. >> translator: the weaker yen is good news for overseas buyers. japan has a lot of good art items, so i think the country's market will grow. >> 24 young japanese artists living together are selling their building and works of art as a package for about $2.6 million. >> translator: a number of visitors from abroad are coming to see this art fair. as an organizer, this trend is definitely giving us a leg up. >> the organizer says japanese contemporary art has been popular among overseas collectors for years and recently its investment valu
a general election is scheduled for may 11th. >>> art fair tokyo 2013 is under way featuring antiques and contemporary works offered by about 140 galleries both inside and outside japan. the annual event opened on thursday at the tokyo international forum. the fair is the largest of its kind in japan and attracts more than 50,000 visitors. its organizers say this year the weaker yen may attract more art collectors from overseas. >> translator: the yen is weaker and tokyo stock...
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s favor and winning him the presidential election with john kerry. it was a huge issue in 2004 and it was against gay marriage and civil unions. the cleveland playing dealer was all over kasich's comment reporting that ohio governor john kasich saying he supports civil unions for same-sex couples and went on to quote the spokesperson, this is a staple from the spokesperson, the governor's position is unchanged. he opposes gay marriage and opposes changing ohio's constitution to allow for civil unions. well, so much for that. and he's far from the first republican to feel the heat from the fringe. joining me right now is msnbc contributor ron reagan and errol lewis. first, i'll comment on that one. kasich is a fine guy, a bit of a maverick and he's had a tough life in many ways and he says what comes to mind and he's thinking out loud and he says you know what? i'm not ready to go all of the way on my position, but civil union, i can live with that and civil you know knows and he said it again and within hours his flack comes out with a written statem
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council do not of use their power in the upcoming election police used tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse the crowds forming a quick draw on between the two sides the country's elections are scheduled for april fourteenth with expos predicting a win for traverses successor nicolas maduro. former french of president nicolas sarkozy has been placed under investigation for alleged corruption during the truth of a presidential campaign really close us three year long inquiry over allegations that so cozy took illegal donations from france's richest woman but the ex president who says he will of peel the decision it comes days after french police raided the apartment of the international monetary fund chief christine lagarde in connection with a probe in to a million dollars donation to so cruise's campaign. days after claiming to have infiltrated the email account of a former aide to secretary of state hillary clinton and anonymous online had her known as. claimed another victim venture capitalist john drew up earlier this week confidential emails were leaked linking the deadly at
council do not of use their power in the upcoming election police used tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse the crowds forming a quick draw on between the two sides the country's elections are scheduled for april fourteenth with expos predicting a win for traverses successor nicolas maduro. former french of president nicolas sarkozy has been placed under investigation for alleged corruption during the truth of a presidential campaign really close us three year long inquiry over allegations...
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and with the best meanwhile cracks appearing in the empty assad syrian national coalition after the election of a new prime minister to govern rebel held areas told members of the body initially resigned from the umbrella opposition group after u.s. citizen son he was voted in come i love why me who has been involved in the anti assad movement says radicals now dominate the coalition. the coalition went too far forming and monochrome government which we can characterize as extremists the reason behind this is the mechanisms that we used in the selection of a head of government were wrong and undemocratic this coalition wasn't elected it was appointed and radicals make up the majority does not match the reality of syrian society if this coalition was the result of free and fair elections then we would have accepted the results of the vote one should not deprive syrian minorities of the right to participate in political life as one should not to bribe the syrian liberal political groups of their rights at this stage of rebuilding our homeland the coalition should not be about revolutionary pow
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could make gop vulnerable before 2014 elections. one writes to dean, it will never get through the house unless obama comes out against it. so, people seem skeptical about congress. is that shocking? >> it's not shocking at all. you know what makes it unbelievable to all of us is 90% of americans in polls support universal background check for anyone to buy a gun, to close the gun show loophole but still this is may not pass congress. forget the assault weapon ban. congress does nothing. doesn't work on budget, doesn't pass gun control. we should take a page from the nhl owners and nba owners and lock congress out for a month. let them work in a parking lot or motel 6 because they're not doing the job. republicans a >> i stopped reading tweets on the air but i'm doing it just for you. >> this is big. a new retro. >> we followed up those skeptics with this question, how can we push congress to just get things done. one of your fans tweeted, i'd lock them all in the room with same stuff they feed federal prisoners and not them out nlg
could make gop vulnerable before 2014 elections. one writes to dean, it will never get through the house unless obama comes out against it. so, people seem skeptical about congress. is that shocking? >> it's not shocking at all. you know what makes it unbelievable to all of us is 90% of americans in polls support universal background check for anyone to buy a gun, to close the gun show loophole but still this is may not pass congress. forget the assault weapon ban. congress does nothing....
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but if elected, i will serve. i am just lazy. i take a point of personal privilege for you mentioning my youth as a democrat. i agree. i was young once, but i am cured, unlike my colleagues over here. >> there is this interesting rift in the republican party right now. i was talking to steve schmidt who said there is a rift between the evangelical base and libertarians, and rand paul, in some ways, is a schizophrenic candidate representing that. >> this week marks the 10th anniversary of the american invasion of iraq that following the 9/11 attacks. a cnn poll says 56% of americans believe it was a mistake. one quarter of them think it is a victory. the bush administration told us we had to get there to get the weapons of mass destruction. president bush said the new regime in iraq would serve as a dramatic and inspiring example of freedom. how did it play out, nina totenberg? >> it played out horribly. when you read the postmortems, a lot of people from iraq and here and policy wonks, many who were supportive of the effort, have
but if elected, i will serve. i am just lazy. i take a point of personal privilege for you mentioning my youth as a democrat. i agree. i was young once, but i am cured, unlike my colleagues over here. >> there is this interesting rift in the republican party right now. i was talking to steve schmidt who said there is a rift between the evangelical base and libertarians, and rand paul, in some ways, is a schizophrenic candidate representing that. >> this week marks the 10th...
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. >> he is the first noneuropean pope to be elected in 117 years. >> in addition to the sex abuse scandal one of the other challenges facing pope francis will be addressing growing choruses for a greater role for women in the church. tonight a fremont order of nuns has a huge stake in that future. >> like many, the dominican sisters watched as pope francis presided over the mass. for many, what pope francis brings to the church and world was clear. >> headlines tomorrow should say we know have a green pope. my hope is that pope takes an active stance in preserving the beautiful world and our beautiful universe. >> pope francis appeared to be a ban of the people. >> the babies, the infirm. just touching the, you know, and put in his body what he, in his body what st. francis was about. >> perhaps less clear how the pope will lead the church out of the painful chapters of the past. >> it's a good thing it's being dealt with but it's not the only issue among the people of god. >> one area that sisters would like to see pope francis tackle greater leadership roles for women in the church. >>
. >> he is the first noneuropean pope to be elected in 117 years. >> in addition to the sex abuse scandal one of the other challenges facing pope francis will be addressing growing choruses for a greater role for women in the church. tonight a fremont order of nuns has a huge stake in that future. >> like many, the dominican sisters watched as pope francis presided over the mass. for many, what pope francis brings to the church and world was clear. >> headlines tomorrow...
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today he spoke modestly of his own abilities. >> the cardinals have elected me a symbol, humble worker in the vineyard of the lord. >> reporter: president bush joined other world leaders in welcoming the pope. >> laura and i offer our congratulations to pope benedict xvi. he's a man of great wisdom and knowledge he's a man who serves the lord. and we remember well a sermon at the pope's funeral in rome how his words touched our hearts and the hearts of millions. >> the new faces enormous challenges. a crippling short of of priest, disappearing congregations. born again christian movements in strongholds such as latin american and the it was clear from the joyful crowds that benedict 16 at least for now is riding his own wave of good will. >> bob mackenzie takes a look at the life of john paul ii. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf's an easier choice than ever. ♪ shop
today he spoke modestly of his own abilities. >> the cardinals have elected me a symbol, humble worker in the vineyard of the lord. >> reporter: president bush joined other world leaders in welcoming the pope. >> laura and i offer our congratulations to pope benedict xvi. he's a man of great wisdom and knowledge he's a man who serves the lord. and we remember well a sermon at the pope's funeral in rome how his words touched our hearts and the hearts of millions. >> the...
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today he spoke modestly of his own abilities. >> the cardinals have elected me a symbol, humble worker in the vineyard of the lord. >> reporter: president bush joined other world leaders in welcoming the pope. >> laura and i offer our congratulations to pope benedict xvi. he's a man of great wisdom and knowledge he's a man who serves the lord. and we remember well a sermon at the pope's funeral in rome how his words touched our hearts and the hearts of millions. >> the new faces enormous challenges. a crippling short of of priest, disappearing congregations. born again christian movements in strongholds such as latin american and the it was clear from the joyful crowds that benedict 16 at least for now is riding his own wave of good will. >> bob mackenzie takes a look at the life of john paul ii. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf's an easier choice than ever. ♪
today he spoke modestly of his own abilities. >> the cardinals have elected me a symbol, humble worker in the vineyard of the lord. >> reporter: president bush joined other world leaders in welcoming the pope. >> laura and i offer our congratulations to pope benedict xvi. he's a man of great wisdom and knowledge he's a man who serves the lord. and we remember well a sermon at the pope's funeral in rome how his words touched our hearts and the hearts of millions. >> the...
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to disperse the crowds forming a cordon between the two sides the country's elections are scheduled for april the fourteenth aleck's with experts predicting a win for chavez the successor nicholas madore oh. former french president nicolas sarkozy has been placed under investigation for alleged corruption joining the two thousand and seven presidential campaign the ruling follows a three year long inquiry accusing so cozy of taking illegal donations from france's richest woman l'oreal paris liliane bettencourt his lawyers say he'll appeal the decision calling it incoherent and unfair prosecutors will now decide whether to put the next president on trial. the joe the kurdish rebel leader held by to which has called for a ceasefire with the government in a message to tens of thousands of kurdish new year celebrations it follows months of secret negotiations with authorities and is seen as a step towards ending the thirty year conflict that has left an estimated forty thousand people dead a week ago the kurdistan workers party p k k d symbolic gesture releasing eight to four stitches.
to disperse the crowds forming a cordon between the two sides the country's elections are scheduled for april the fourteenth aleck's with experts predicting a win for chavez the successor nicholas madore oh. former french president nicolas sarkozy has been placed under investigation for alleged corruption joining the two thousand and seven presidential campaign the ruling follows a three year long inquiry accusing so cozy of taking illegal donations from france's richest woman l'oreal paris...
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troops are decorated with campaign posters for iraq's upcoming elections. change in iraq is up deniable. after the invasion, unemployment was as high as 50%. now it's below 15%. before the war, a couple thousand iraqis could access the internet. now there are more than 2 million iraqis online. there are 21 million cell phones in iraq. up from 0 before the war. and in the very spot where suicide bombers once bloodied baghdad streets, shopping and commerce has returned. but just today, a reminder that the violence is never far. 65 dead and more than 200 wounded in to a series of attacks. for iraqis, war still wages on a decade later. >> our thanks to bob woodruff. that's our program for tonight. we hope you check in for "good morning america" to find out about a story they're working on featuring cbs and why they're asking employees how much they weigh. as always, we're online at abcnews.com. see you here tomorrow night. have a good one.
troops are decorated with campaign posters for iraq's upcoming elections. change in iraq is up deniable. after the invasion, unemployment was as high as 50%. now it's below 15%. before the war, a couple thousand iraqis could access the internet. now there are more than 2 million iraqis online. there are 21 million cell phones in iraq. up from 0 before the war. and in the very spot where suicide bombers once bloodied baghdad streets, shopping and commerce has returned. but just today, a reminder...
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now we're going to have a set of installed elections in iraq next month let's see how that works out difference if maliki's party starts to lose power loses power and he's going to have to stand parliamentary and i was not in supporting the alice our parliamentary elections and i reckon twenty fourteen let's see what happens john go ahead jump in . yes let's see what happens and stop supporting whatever side happens to win stop arming the iraqi government with tens of billions of dollars worth of lockheed martin's and raytheon's production equipment and stop sending them taxpayer dollars on the order of one to two billion dollars a year they don't deserve our money they are oppressing their people and it is a terrible add on to the greatest war crime of the twenty first century to continue intervening in that country when we are not wanted we are not morally justified from doing so the interventionism from people like douglas who have such an insatiable need to intervene in every corner of the world especially resource rich corners of the world that are geostrategic important is real
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elections may have brought democracy to iraq but critics say the government is rife with corruption and infighting. despite the various that's occurred in the time of the former regime it is not comparable to the number of fairly is by the politicians and the current government. and more troubling perhaps are the lingering divisions. this occupation separated us and to try to replace the political structure with a tribal one which aggravated the political conflicts i see no good in this kind of regime. today iraq is facing a new political crisis there's tension on the ground between the sunni provinces and the shia led government as well as between baghdad and the kurdish north i think if these issues are not resolve it can lead to more significant problems including conflict which can lead to i think the breakup of iraq and destabilization. and an upsurge in violence is sparking fears of a return to sectarian strife who figures show that death rates have actually risen since the last american soldier left iraqi soil how long will iraq remain like this every day there are explosions eve
elections may have brought democracy to iraq but critics say the government is rife with corruption and infighting. despite the various that's occurred in the time of the former regime it is not comparable to the number of fairly is by the politicians and the current government. and more troubling perhaps are the lingering divisions. this occupation separated us and to try to replace the political structure with a tribal one which aggravated the political conflicts i see no good in this kind of...
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time when they were up for re-election so it's a frustrating time. we all complain about it but yet do nothing about it on election day. that's where we must wake up. >> listen, having a little bit of fun with it, but it's a very serious issue. this is just a senate panel now. this this goes to, you know, to the floor, it's going to be a big deal. >> it won't get to a vote. they need 60 votes to stop discussion on any piece of legislation in the senate, and it's clear from everyone that they are not going to get the 60 votes, even to stop debating on the universal background check which is remarkable to me. when you have over 90% of americans and gun owners, everyone has paid for text september for one big organization, the nra does not want it in certain right fringe republicans. it's shocking to me. >> power of one big lobbying group. >> not own that big. >> nice to see you. >> good to see you, don. >> a look ahead right after this. [ kitt ] you know what's impressive? a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge loc
time when they were up for re-election so it's a frustrating time. we all complain about it but yet do nothing about it on election day. that's where we must wake up. >> listen, having a little bit of fun with it, but it's a very serious issue. this is just a senate panel now. this this goes to, you know, to the floor, it's going to be a big deal. >> it won't get to a vote. they need 60 votes to stop discussion on any piece of legislation in the senate, and it's clear from everyone...
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it means supporting repeated elections, not just one election. we need to focus more on that, more on building this fabric of democracy, and less unfeeling as the week to endorse whoever wins an election. finally, i think we need to be prepared to judge on our actions, not just our words. going to give another high- profile speech is not want to cut it. people want to see action, especially because there is a view that the 2009 speech was not carried out, it did not translate into policy. the places where we will be most judged on our actions will be syria and iraq. in syria, we need to stake out a strategy, we need to put resources behind it, we need to put a coalition behind it. it is damaging this idea that the united states is passive when people see syria as the most urgent and immediate national security priority for the united states and our allies. when it comes to iran, we need to reconcile the conflicting messages were sent on iran. we say the military option is on the table. we will not hesitate. then we take an aircraft carrier of the
it means supporting repeated elections, not just one election. we need to focus more on that, more on building this fabric of democracy, and less unfeeling as the week to endorse whoever wins an election. finally, i think we need to be prepared to judge on our actions, not just our words. going to give another high- profile speech is not want to cut it. people want to see action, especially because there is a view that the 2009 speech was not carried out, it did not translate into policy. the...
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international community to heed the concerns of pakistan and give the next democrat democratically elected government the support it needs to deliver a lasting peace without any outside military interference and that was a reference to the u.s. drone campaign in pakistan now emerson's comments were released in a statement at the end of his three day visit to pakistan last week during his visit he inspected the impact of drone warfare on the local civilian population and it was back in january when emerson announced that he would be investigating twenty five drone strikes that have taken place in areas such as pakistan yemen somalia afghanistan and the palestinian territories mr everson is scheduled to present his final report to the united nations general assembly in october so this is just one of many statements that he is expected to be making as his investigation into drone strikes continues throughout the year and this is the strongest statement from an international group yet in opposite opposition to the u. the u.s. drone drone program what is the significance of this well i mean it'
international community to heed the concerns of pakistan and give the next democrat democratically elected government the support it needs to deliver a lasting peace without any outside military interference and that was a reference to the u.s. drone campaign in pakistan now emerson's comments were released in a statement at the end of his three day visit to pakistan last week during his visit he inspected the impact of drone warfare on the local civilian population and it was back in january...
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the question is then, will be elections soon or never? i do not want to make more than my fair share of time, but just that as the current government tried to prepare for the next election, this comes back to the system of patronage. it is well rooted in baghdad and the southern areas, but not established in the sunni areas. it would not be a good thing, definitely. >> and i would first, and going to the second part of your question, i would like to think that high-level, intensive u.s. diplomatic engagement could prevent that kind of outcome, because there are two places it could happen. either the central government could -- too much instability, cannot have acceptable elections under the could havees, or you a boycott. we are not going to play. it would either be a highly undesirable outcome, and sometimes it takes a third party to cause everybody to take a deep breath and let the emotions pass. i would like to think we could be helpful. >> it is important for the legitimacy of the elections that they happen at the same time throughout
the question is then, will be elections soon or never? i do not want to make more than my fair share of time, but just that as the current government tried to prepare for the next election, this comes back to the system of patronage. it is well rooted in baghdad and the southern areas, but not established in the sunni areas. it would not be a good thing, definitely. >> and i would first, and going to the second part of your question, i would like to think that high-level, intensive u.s....
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all of my children are completely excluded from the election process how can they possibly just label them whatever it is they labeled them something bad obviously and simply panel from the european union if they care about human rights why do they abuse the human rights of my citizens so i can understand why they don't want to put up with shenker i can tell you the reason why they don't is not because i'm a north or terria leader although that may be true and it's not because they call me a dictator where they used to no one has been calling me a north or a tarion or dictator for a while they used to call me that because they have been instructed to do so by the us. but you so why then really mean you know what you are asking why me well you know when the new state of bell aris appeared on the map and claimed a place in the sun just like george another newly formed state those who'd already been there didn't like it as they wanted the place in the sun for themselves and now they had to move over and someone happy about it but that's not the real problem then it starts to go from bad
all of my children are completely excluded from the election process how can they possibly just label them whatever it is they labeled them something bad obviously and simply panel from the european union if they care about human rights why do they abuse the human rights of my citizens so i can understand why they don't want to put up with shenker i can tell you the reason why they don't is not because i'm a north or terria leader although that may be true and it's not because they call me a...
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prime minister to govern rebel held areas the election of her son who is a u.s. citizen led twelve members of the body to resign from the umbrella opposition group . who took part in the anti sad movement says the coalition is being guided by islamist radicals. the coalition went too far forming a monochrome government which we can't characterize extremist and the reason behind this is the mechanisms that we used in the selection of the head of government. under. his coalition wasn't elected he was the point and radicals make up the majority that does not match the reality of syrian society this coalition was the result of free and fair elections then we would have accepted the results of the vote should not deprive syrian minorities of the right to produce a bit in political life as one should not have brought in syria liberal political groups of their rights at this stage of rebuilding our own coalition should not be about revolutionary power it should be about a legitimate government in government should represent the opinions and interests of the whole series
prime minister to govern rebel held areas the election of her son who is a u.s. citizen led twelve members of the body to resign from the umbrella opposition group . who took part in the anti sad movement says the coalition is being guided by islamist radicals. the coalition went too far forming a monochrome government which we can't characterize extremist and the reason behind this is the mechanisms that we used in the selection of the head of government. under. his coalition wasn't elected he...
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the general consensus is somehow but ithe next election, is painful, and the next election, a lot of people are hoping that they will produce something which is different, all the factors indicate that this something different is not going to be radically different. whether it will turn down or turn up, that remains to be seen, but i am an eternal optimist. >> we have run a little longer. we started a little late. please join me in thanking our panel, not just for what they have done here this morning, but for each of them, their years of service in the effort to try to stabilize iraq and try to create a better future for the iraqi people. all three have served at great personal peril in a variety of positions that have made an enormous contribution to the future of iraq, and it is for that principally, in addition to their comments this morning, that i think we should give them a round of applause. thank you. [applause] >> and we will have more from the carnegie endowment, their 10th anniversary look at the iraq war in just a bit. we will take over live to the senate floor where ame
the general consensus is somehow but ithe next election, is painful, and the next election, a lot of people are hoping that they will produce something which is different, all the factors indicate that this something different is not going to be radically different. whether it will turn down or turn up, that remains to be seen, but i am an eternal optimist. >> we have run a little longer. we started a little late. please join me in thanking our panel, not just for what they have done here...
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the first pope elected from latin america, now is the 266th pope. the predecessor, pope emeritus, watched the ceremony on television. >> wow, what a day! >> we will check in with our meteorologist, mike nicco, tracking the sprinkles. >> it will turn into periods of light rain. it is not a huge storm but we have not had many huge storms so anything we can get is good. it is just the question you want answered, when will you be affected? it is all outside of our neighborhoods until you get to mendocino county, along the coast there. cloverdale has been dry, and putting it in motion you can see the last three hours, that wall of water is working more to the east than it is to the south or southeast so we will have to wait for the line to fill in before we get our chance of organized wet weather. that will probably be as we head toward the later part of the afternoon hours. we are moistening the air and the says hanging out because of the extra moisture. we look down from mount tamalpais, san francisco is at 60, and right new we are at 61 in palo alto a
the first pope elected from latin america, now is the 266th pope. the predecessor, pope emeritus, watched the ceremony on television. >> wow, what a day! >> we will check in with our meteorologist, mike nicco, tracking the sprinkles. >> it will turn into periods of light rain. it is not a huge storm but we have not had many huge storms so anything we can get is good. it is just the question you want answered, when will you be affected? it is all outside of our neighborhoods...
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in 2004 a ballot measure during the general election amending the ohio constitution to outright ban civil unions was credited with energizing the evangelical vote tipping ohio in bush's favor, w's favor, and winning the election over john kerry. it was a huge issue in 2004 and it was a vote against gay marriage or civil unions after the governor there came out for civil unions twice in that conversation yesterday. "the cleveland plain dealer" was all over kasich's comment saying he revaeld on wednesday that he supports civil unions for same sex couples but don't quote him on that because he goes on to quote his spokesperson reeling in the governor in a statement that reads, this is a statement from the spokesperson, the governor's position is unchanged. he opposes gay marriage and opposes changing ohio's constitution to allow for civil unions. well, so much for that. and he's far from the first republican to feel the heat from the fringe. joining me is msnbc contributor ron reagan and eroll lewis. first a comment on that one. kasich is a fine guy, a bit of a maverick. he's had a very toug
in 2004 a ballot measure during the general election amending the ohio constitution to outright ban civil unions was credited with energizing the evangelical vote tipping ohio in bush's favor, w's favor, and winning the election over john kerry. it was a huge issue in 2004 and it was a vote against gay marriage or civil unions after the governor there came out for civil unions twice in that conversation yesterday. "the cleveland plain dealer" was all over kasich's comment saying he...
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he was elected speaker and then dumped as speaker. they wanted to get rid of him and they held a majority and here is a party which manages to get back to speakership in the majority position and thanks in part to newt's amazing campaign skills. he can't govern. they dump him and he comes out and brags and at least i can be an executive. >> explain. >> well, look, he's always viewed himself as an executive, as this kind of grand figure, historical figure who, you know, led his party to the majority and can do so once again. and i think he viewed at the time -- he viewed santorum as a junior partner and even when he was losing badly i think he still viewed santorum as a junior partner and in fairness you have to get up and look in the mirror and think you can be president or else you can't get out on the campaign trail day after day after day doing what these guys do. >> the primary campaigns did revolve around trashing romney. republicans called another these days, a moderate. that was a big knock on him. here was santorum at last yea
he was elected speaker and then dumped as speaker. they wanted to get rid of him and they held a majority and here is a party which manages to get back to speakership in the majority position and thanks in part to newt's amazing campaign skills. he can't govern. they dump him and he comes out and brags and at least i can be an executive. >> explain. >> well, look, he's always viewed himself as an executive, as this kind of grand figure, historical figure who, you know, led his party...
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part of that equation is election next year. they want to make sure that karzai is not fixing next year's elections. there will be a legitimate fair and balanceed election in afghanistan. we are interested in the establishing the ability. he undermines the position, often times a corrupt position in my opinion in afghanistan. >> karzai has been a prickly character to deal with more any administration. i am not sure he becomes more pliable, so to speak. take a lesson from iraq and dealing with iraq. when you pick up stakes and leave you lose influence. we are about to lose whatever influence we have on the country. >> shannon: quick thought? >> you can see it around the middle east. egypt led by the brotherhood. embassy, attack and we're hopeless and powerless. nothing happened after that. obama made a decision he wasn't interested in the region he wanted to leave. he can argue whether the blood and treasure spent in iraq was worth it. but when obama came in office it was spent. he had a choice. he decided we'll be out of there.
part of that equation is election next year. they want to make sure that karzai is not fixing next year's elections. there will be a legitimate fair and balanceed election in afghanistan. we are interested in the establishing the ability. he undermines the position, often times a corrupt position in my opinion in afghanistan. >> karzai has been a prickly character to deal with more any administration. i am not sure he becomes more pliable, so to speak. take a lesson from iraq and dealing...
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is deeply divided the leader of the opposition was hot tips resignation comes just months after his election now his decision to leave is being seen as a blow to the diminishing moderate wing of the uprising against the syrian president bashar assad there have in the past been an alarming number of resignations within the coalition itself by top opposition figures what we see more and more is that the rebels are able to organize themselves and i'm able to consolidate the military and political bodies and increasingly it's clear that this no direct link between the fighters on the ground in the coalition that is the involved of boards the concern now is that more radical islamist groups might fill this void that is being lifted by the resignations of the leadership and at the same time it looks increasingly like no one is particularly interested in sitting down and having dialogue with the syrian president bashar assad also the u.k. and france recently suggested that a weapons involved on syria has to be lifted to the rebels as we see now the initiative hasn't been given any kind of green lig
is deeply divided the leader of the opposition was hot tips resignation comes just months after his election now his decision to leave is being seen as a blow to the diminishing moderate wing of the uprising against the syrian president bashar assad there have in the past been an alarming number of resignations within the coalition itself by top opposition figures what we see more and more is that the rebels are able to organize themselves and i'm able to consolidate the military and political...
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officials to try to get them to do their corporate baby instead of the elected official doing what we the people they supposedly represent want what dirty business so which industry do you think is the dirtiest do you think is spending the most dollars in an effort to buy washington's politicians many of us might immediately think boy oh gotta be oil what with their constant raping of the environment plundering of other countries and seemingly maniacal quest to monopolize the world's energy supply big oil have to be the biggest lobbyist but nope it's not them then it must be the financial industry right how else can we possibly explain our government and with bailouts to regulations and flat out refusals to prosecute financial lawbreakers it must be wall street nope not them either it's freaking pharmaceutical drugs well legal drugs and h.m.o.'s and other health care interests how weird is that according to a database kept by open secret the total lobby dollars spent by health care lobbyists from the one nine hundred ninety eight to twenty twelve was five point three billion dollars o
officials to try to get them to do their corporate baby instead of the elected official doing what we the people they supposedly represent want what dirty business so which industry do you think is the dirtiest do you think is spending the most dollars in an effort to buy washington's politicians many of us might immediately think boy oh gotta be oil what with their constant raping of the environment plundering of other countries and seemingly maniacal quest to monopolize the world's energy...
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he did not do much to support president obama and this election recycle. --did they do a lot to bid bridge the gaps. , we sawuld be persuaded the israeli public they even though it may started with mistrust towards obama, it ended this week with a lot of affection. --really did manage to build bridge some of these gaps. he arrived in israel on wednesday. he met with the prime minister and president perez. he traveled to the west bank and he met with the palestinian authority. on friday, meeting with the president of jordan before playing tourist yesterday and he asked to washington about iran's ambitions. here is more from the trip and the comments of the israeli prime has -- president. we discussed the long-range issues for both of our countries. among these is iran's relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons. , you have made it clear that you are determined to preventing iran from developing nuclear weapons. i appreciate your forthright position on this. i appreciate that you have noted that you have acted to orchestrate through determined diplomacy and stro
he did not do much to support president obama and this election recycle. --did they do a lot to bid bridge the gaps. , we sawuld be persuaded the israeli public they even though it may started with mistrust towards obama, it ended this week with a lot of affection. --really did manage to build bridge some of these gaps. he arrived in israel on wednesday. he met with the prime minister and president perez. he traveled to the west bank and he met with the palestinian authority. on friday, meeting...
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citizen what do you think drove this election his election but it reminds me of the election about ecommerce of mahmoud jibril in libya if you think back two years to the libyan air. and to see a very similar scenario because. he had spent many decades in the us he'd studied in the us and it was a very revealing wiki leaks cable from the us ambassador to libya which said that you know he was our kind of man he was the sort of person who could follow the us line so to speak and i think the same scenario with this man today is neat-o. because he spent decades living in texas and he's from the us if he's got a passport and of course the the americans want to make sure that when president assad falls they got their man in damascus and they've cherry picked and he's been voted by thirty five people and it's quite ludicrous to argue that this guy has the right to rule syria where is present assad whether we support him or not does have sizable support in the country which is why still in power and so i think the answer your question the u.s. wants this man as an ideal sort of leader opposed to sac
citizen what do you think drove this election his election but it reminds me of the election about ecommerce of mahmoud jibril in libya if you think back two years to the libyan air. and to see a very similar scenario because. he had spent many decades in the us he'd studied in the us and it was a very revealing wiki leaks cable from the us ambassador to libya which said that you know he was our kind of man he was the sort of person who could follow the us line so to speak and i think the same...
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and you were the first, as we said, iraq war vet to be elected to congress. when you hear about these casualties today on the ten-year anniversary, what is your reaction? do you believe that it needs to be more part of the discourse there in the beltway? >> without a doubt. it is not part of the discourse because most folks don't have skin in the game. less than 1% of americans have served in iraq or afghanistan. it goes to your point. we should be talking about this. it is the defining political issue of the last ten years. and it is just a colossal, strategic failure of the bush administration to know that we had almost 4,500 of america's best and brightest killed in action, over 32,000 wounded in action, and over 100,000 iraqis dead for an unnecessary war. and a war that should basically never have happened and also a war that we put our troops into harm's way, basically over a religious civil war without the amount of troops that the military generals asked for. >> what do you remember when you see this piece of news that we're reporting today? what do yo
and you were the first, as we said, iraq war vet to be elected to congress. when you hear about these casualties today on the ten-year anniversary, what is your reaction? do you believe that it needs to be more part of the discourse there in the beltway? >> without a doubt. it is not part of the discourse because most folks don't have skin in the game. less than 1% of americans have served in iraq or afghanistan. it goes to your point. we should be talking about this. it is the defining...